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mongodb_user

Manage MongoDB users and permissions.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
database		string		The database where the user is created/managed. [default: `"admin"`]
login_database		string		Authentication database to use for login.
login_host		string		The host running MongoDB. [default: `"localhost"`]
login_password		string		The password for login_user.
login_port		integer		The port MongoDB is listening on. [default: `27017`]
login_user		string		The MongoDB user to login with (must have userAdmin privileges).
name	true	string		The username of the MongoDB user to manage.
password		string		The password for the MongoDB user.
roles				The roles assigned to the user. Can be a single role or a list of roles.
state		string	present absent	The desired state of the user. [default: `"present"`]
update_password		string	always oncreate	Whether to update existing user password/roles. [default: `true`]

Examples

- name: Create MongoDB user
  mongodb_user:
    name: app_user
    password: secret
    database: myapp
    roles: readWrite
    state: present

- name: Create MongoDB user with multiple roles
  mongodb_user:
    name: admin_user
    password: secret
    database: admin
    roles:
      - userAdminAnyDatabase
      - readWriteAnyDatabase
    state: present

- name: Create user on remote MongoDB server
  mongodb_user:
    name: app_user
    password: secret
    database: myapp
    roles: readWrite
    login_host: mongo.example.com
    login_port: 27017
    login_user: admin
    login_password: admin_secret

- name: Drop MongoDB user
  mongodb_user:
    name: app_user
    database: myapp
    state: absent